Trunnion vs Journal - What's the difference?
trunnion | journal |
One of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a gudgeon.
A similar rotational bearing comprising a rotating arc or ring sliding in the groove of a stationary arc, used in machinery to allow a workpiece to be moved relative to a fixed tool.
(obsolete) Daily.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.xi:
A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
(engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
(computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
As nouns the difference between trunnion and journal
is that trunnion is one of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a gudgeon while journal is a diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.As an adjective journal is
daily.As a verb journal is
to archive or record something.trunnion
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Alternative forms
* trunionNoun
(en noun)journal
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Alternative forms
* journall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- his faint steedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles from their iournall labours they did rest [...].